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MASSACHUSETTS

DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES

1981

(Massachusetts

^obster^ fishery

Statistics

by
Charles 0. Anderson, Jr., Senior Marine Fisheries Biologist
Gerald M. Nash, Statisttcfan

Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Recreational Vehicles
Division of Marine Fisheries

Technical Series No. 16

A contribution of

Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act

(P.L. 88-309) Project 3-194-D

Approved by John Manton, State Purchasing Agent

Publication No.: 12, 989-20-200- 10-82-C.R.

Reprinted by Central Reproduction Senrices (Executive OfBce for Administration and Finance)

I NTRODUCT I ON

The commercial lobster fishery of Massachusetts is the most economically
important fishery conducted within the territorial waters of the Commonwealth.
The overal economic Importance of the fishery both In New England and, in
recent years, the Mid-Atlantic states, has focused the attention of Federal,
Regional and State fishery managers on this species. Initially, in an attempt
to standardize management of the fishery, the Federal and State Governments
developed an overall lobster fishery management plan under the auspices of the
State-Federal Partnership Program. However, with the passage of the Fisheries
Management and Conservation Act, the New England Fisheries Management Council,
In cooperation with the Mid-Atlantic Council has developed a management plan
for the entire east coast lobster fishery. The plan Is in the final stages
of Implementation. The basis of any such plan and for monitoring the success
of the plan is an accurate statistical data base. The Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, with joint funding from the National Marine Fisheries Service, has
been collecting annual reports from licensed lobster fishermen for many years.
Historically, the data collected was used primarily for descriptive and Infor-
mational purposes, and occasionally for management. However, with the recent
emphasis on Federal management, this data tal<es on added impor^ance in terms
of providing the respective management agencies with adequate information to
ensure that the interests of Massachusetts' lobstermen are protected.

Until 1981, the number of coastal commercial lobster licenses issued by
the Division was limited, by law, to 1300. There was a provision for the
issuance of 130 additional licenses if the applicant could satisfactorily
prove to the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission that they
would suffer significant economic hardship if they did not obtain a commercial
lobster permit. In 1981, an additional 100 licenses became available for
issuance. In 1982, and in subsequent years, an additional 80 licenses per
year will be available. Licenses which are not renewed are retired.

This report is the fifteenth annual publication of data summarized from
catch reports submitted by licensed lobster fishermen. Data was presented In
a standardized format through 1979. For the 1980 report, data presentation was
changed to reflect a more thorough collection and evaluation of tlie data. The
new presentation format is continued in this report. It is anticipated that
this format will continue until such time as the Division implements computer
processing of the data.

This report has been prepared by personnel from the Division of Marine
Fisheries Commercial Fisheries Statistics Project, funded jointly by the
Commonwealth and the National Marine Fisheries Service under the Commercial
Fisheries Researcli and [Development Act (Public Law 88-309). The preparation
of this report would not have been possible without the cooperation of the
licensed lobstermen who provided the data on their annual reports. Special
thanks also go to Nancy Leamy and Mary Ann Gachignard for their assistance in
preliminary processing of fhe catch reports when they are received from the
f i shermen.

SOURCE OF DATA

No person may fish for or take lobsters in coastal waters or land lobsters
in the Commonwealth without a permit issued by the Director of the Division of
Marine Fisheries (Chapter 130, Mass. G.L., Section 38). Chapter 130, Mass G.L.
Section 23, requires any person so licensed to file an annual report of their
catch by January 31 for the preceding calendar year. In 1980, a dual reporting
system was established. Commercial lobstertnen (coastal, offshore and seasonal)
receive a detailed catch report form with their license renewal application.
This report requests the following information: method of fishing; number and
type of gear used; effort data (set-over day, average number of trips per month,
etc.); pounds of lobster taken; areas fished; principal ports of landing; and
information relative to the vessels used in the fishery. Recreational fisher-
men are asked to report only the number of lobsters taken the previous year on
ttieir license renewal application form.

Project personnel sort, edit, tabulate and interpret data from all reports
received. Data presented in this booklet are based on catch reports actually
received and are not expanded to 100 percent levels.

EXPLANATION OF TABLES

All data presented in this booklet are broken down into two basic cate-
gories: the first Is "Inshore" which represents all data pertaining to all
lobster activity taking place within 69° West Longitude and 41° North Latitude;
the "offshore" category refers to all data outside of the given coordinates.

Tables presenting number of fishermen by license type, number of pots
fished, number and value of boats used In the fishery and total landings state-
wide, by county and for each city and town were prepared using the catch re-
ports submitted by all commercial fishentien. In keeping with Division policy,
some of the data Is masked or combined to protect the confidentiality of the
individual submitting the report. Data referring to the number of fishermen,
number and value of gear, and number and value of boats are presented by the
home port of the licensee filing the report. Pounds of lobsters harvested are
presented by the port of landing reported by the fishermen.

Due to limited data storage capacity of the programmable calculator used
to calculate percent of catch by area and month fished and catch per unit of
effort, only those reports submitted by holders of commercial coastal licensos
could be tabulated.

Where tabular material refers to county, the reader is referred to
Figure I. Fishing areas are delineated in Figure 2.

Vessel and SCUBA gear values were calculated on the basis of the fisher-
men's estimate of its present value and the percentage of its use specifically
for lobstering. Average values were used when the information was omitted from
an individual report.

When fishermen reported the number of lobsters taken, rather than poundage,
a conversion factor of 1.2 pounds per lobster was used to calculate poundage
figures. This factor is based on historical data.

1981 HIGHLIGHTS

1) There were 16,020 lobster licenses of all types issued during 1981: 1,515
coastal commercial; 387 seasonal commercial; 603 offshore and 13,515 non-
commercla I .

2) A total of 5,281 licensed lobstermen (33 percent) failed to file a catch
report with the Division. Of the 10,739 fishermen reporting, 2,713 (25
percent) reported that they did not fish for lobster during 1981.

3) A total of 11,289,598 pounds of lobsters were reported landed. Of these,
recreational fishermen reported tal<ing 395,829 pounds, while the commercial
fishermen reported taking 10,893,769 pounds. Based on a value of $2.09 per
pound, the commercial catch was valued at $23,595,260.

4) CkDmmercial fishermen comprised 19 percent of the total number of fishermen
reporting and landed 97 percent of the total catch.

5) Non-commercial SCUBA divers represented 30 percent of the fishermen report-
ing, but landed only 0.8 percent of the total poundage.

6) In total pounds of lobsters landed Essex Ctounty ranked first, Plymouth
ODunty second and Barnstable County third.

7) In total numbers of commercial fishermen, Essex County ranked first with
637, Plymouth County second with 395 and Barnstable County third with 170.

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8) In the commercial fishery, pots were valued at $10,104,835, diving gear

at $32,981, and power and non-power boats at $23,612,694, yielding s total
gear value of $33,750,510. Combined with the value of lobsters sold,
, $23,595,260, gives a total fishery value of $57,346,130.

9) Of the 10,893,769 pounds of lobsters landed commercially, 9,408,261 were
reported taken inside of 69°W and 4 1 °N and of that number, 8,532,735 pounds
were estimated to have been taken within the territorial waters of the
Commonwea I th.

10) tAorc lobsters were landed in Boston, 1,008,984 pounds, than in any other
Massachusetts port. Gloucester ranked second with 828,250 pounds followed
by Plymouth with 811,501 pounds.

'Ex-vessel price determined by weighted averages of prices listed in the
National Marine Fisheries Service "Blue Sheet".

Based on an average value of $32.50 per pot, including warp and buoys.

11) Landings by coastal commercial fishermen rose steadily in the spring,
peaked in August and then declined. The least amount of lobsters were
landed in January and February.

12) According to coastal fishermen, the greatest numbers of lobsters taken
inside 69°W and 4I°N were from Boston Harbor (Area 4) followed by Cape Ann
(Area 2) and the Beverly-Sa lem-Marb lehead (Area 3).

13) The average catch per trap haul for coastal fishermen was 0.571 pounds.
For traps fished for one set-over-day the average was 0.488; for those
fished two days 0.543; and for 1hree set-over-days 0.564. These numbers
are an increase over 1980 when the average catch per Ircip haul was 0.555.
Average 1980 catch per trap haul was 0.402 for one set-over-day, 0.529
pounds for two days and 0.616 pounds for three set-over-days.

Table I
Reporting Status of 1981 Lobster Licensees

Licenses issued

Coastal Commercial ($100) 1,515

Seasonal Commercial ($25) 387

Offshore ($100) 603

Non-Commercial ($15) 15,515

Total 16,020

Reporting Status

Type Not Reporting Reported "Not Fishing" Reported "Fishing"

astal Commercial 63 (45C) 197 (13?) 1,255 (83?)

asonai Commercial 197 (51?) 22 (6?) 168 (43?)

fshore 200 (33?) 281 (47?) 122 (20?)

n-Commercial 4,821 (36?) 2,213 (16?) 6,481 (48?)

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Table 13. Pounds of lobster landed by commercial tishermen
by city oi town of landing in 1981.

City/Town ln--,ide 69°W 4 I °N Outside 69°W 4 I °N roici I

Barnstab le

51,420

Beverly

530,592

Boston-Cambr i dge

965,350

Bourne

45,745

Chutlidm

134.621

Chi Imark

60,820

Cotiaiiset

549,446

Janvers

27,328

Dartmouth

2,537

Dennis

33,361

Duxbury

28,251

Eastham

26,500

tssex

74,918

Fai r haven

76,829

Falmouth

19,121

Gloucester

744,048

Gosnol d

1 ,212

Harwich-Brewster

99,392

H i righam

170.816

Hul 1

189.522

Ipswich

75.719

Kingston

29,612

Lynn

35,617

Manchester

229,845

Marblehead

624,436

Marshf ield

613,015

Mattapoisett

24.803

Nahant

251,221

Nantucket

22.761

New Bedford

88.003

Newbury-Newburyport

47,627

Oak Bluffs-Tisbury

10,874

Orleans

49,476

Plymouth

81 1,501

Provincetown

1 12,210

Qu incy

29,140

Revere-Medford

14,730

Rockport

466,124

Salem

66.808

Sal isbury

4.609

Sandwich

196.629

Saugus

509,844

Scituate

438,476

Swampscott

330,430

Wareham

24,139

Wei If leet-Truro

7.996

Wes tport-Somerset

132,1 14

Weymouth

135.206

Winthrop

149,770

Out-of-state

14,348

261.769

293.189

550.592

42,634

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45,745

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549.446

2.062

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2,537

33,361

28.251

26.500

74,918

10,644

87.473

19,121

84,202

828,250

1.212

195,784

295.176

170,816

189,522

75,719

29,612

35,617

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6?4,436

613,015

24,803

251,221

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1,980

89.983

47,627

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49,476

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29,140

14.730

466,124

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4,609

181.405

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330.430

24,139

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135,206

149,770

195,051

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T.ihle M. Massachusetts commercial lobster landings inside 60°VI and 4I°N by month
nri'J area as reported by coastal commercial fishermen in 1981.

Mcnth Percent Area Percent

January

0.3

Febi uary

0.1

March

0.4

Apri 1

2.3

May

6.2

June

6.7

July

19.9

Au(]ust

23.1

September

17.7

October

13.5

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7.0

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2.8

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28.0

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14.7

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COASTAL MAP of MASSACHUSETTS
SHOWING STATISTICAL REPORTING AREAS (Counties)

1 . Essex

2. Suffolk

3. Norfolk

4. Plymouth

5. Bristol

6. Barnstable

7. Dukes

8. Nantucket

Figure 1

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Figure 2. Location and description of coastal lobster
fishing areas In Massachusetts.

Between
Areas

BOUNDARIES

'Mass

Cosfle Neck, Ipswich

Golckmilh Point. Manchester

Red Rock, Lynn

Tobios Ledge (Spindle), Scitoote

High Pines Ledge. Plymouth

Scusselt Beoch. Sondwich

GriHin Island. Wellfleet

Horwich/Oxithom line

Woquoit Boy, Folmouth - Cape Poge.
M.V. - Muskegef Islond

AAoss./R I. Line - Gay Head

Note: The seaward boundary of
Areos 1 through 7 is the 20
Fothom line.

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